1. Keep not, O God, we thee entreat,O keep not silence now:Do thou not hold thy peace, O God,and still no more be thou.
2. For, lo, thine enemies a noisetumultuously have made;And they that haters are of theehave lifted up the head.
3. Against thy chosen people theydo crafty counsel take;And they against thy hidden onesdo consultations make.
4. Come, let us cut them off, said they,from being a nation,That of the name of Isr'el mayno more be mention.
5. For with joint heart they plot, in leagueagainst thee they combine.
6. The tents of Edom, Ishm'elites,Moab's and Hagar's line;
7. Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek,Philistines, those of Tyre;